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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451148003321

Titolo

Comparative syntax of Balkan languages [[electronic resource] /] / edited by María Luisa Rivero and Angela Ralli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-280-53053-7

0-19-535161-4

1-4294-0170-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in comparative syntax

Altri autori (Persone)

RiveroMaría Luisa

RallēAngelikē

Disciplina

409/.496

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Balkan Peninsula Languages Syntax

Balkan Peninsula Language Grammar, Comparative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Is Balkan Comparative Syntax Possible?; 3 Head-to-Head Merge in Balkan Subjunctives and Locality; 4 Control and Raising in and out of Subjunctive Complements; 5 Subjunctives in Bulgarian and Modern Greek; 6 Direct Object Clitic Doubling in Albanian and Greek; 7 Adjectival Determiners in Albanian and Greek; 8 Last Resort and V Movement in Balkan Languages; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of seven papers studies important aspects of the syntax of Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, and Romanian from a comparative perspective based on current linguistic frameworks, including the Minimalist Program. Topics addressed include control, raising, and obviation, negation, noun phrase structure, clitic pronouns, and verb movement.